Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] [noun] than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elements of a Sundays-style understated Englishness peek through occasionally , but Rachel has more in common with a manically abrasive Kristin Hersh than a rose-tinted Harriet Wheeler . |
| 2 | It 's more like a simplified Gibson arrangement than a Fender one , and there 's no coil-tapping facility . |
| 3 | That 's a tricky one , but one thing 's for sure : it 's much , much harder to make a worthwhile Rickenbacker copy than a worthwhile Fender copy , and I should imagine that Rickenbacker themselves view these particular replicas as a bit of an insult . |
| 4 | The scene at the offices of BAeSEMA , the hi-tech computer design group , may have been more like a Blue Peter set than a serious example of the latest in navy design , but Adml Eaton appeared suitably impressed . |
| 5 | Henry would have you think he 's a real no-nonsense type — more the rugged Bryan Brown than a glamorous Mel Gibson — but upon entering Robert 's car , I had my chin joyfully slurped by the rising star himself . |